my pbl

This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about cultural stories and the big question was;

What is the significance in the 21st Century of our Cultural stories?

First we brainstormed what culture is and came up with lots of ideas. stories Culture is
……when family come together and celebrate special occasions

Then we thought about our own culture and talked to our parents about our traditions and heritage
. I wrote a post about my family and things we like to do.

In Literacy we read and discussed myths and legends from around the world then we concentrated
on Maori legends. I read….Maui and the sun  I have written my own legend called/I retold the legend of
……..I retold Maui and the sun in my own words.

We made a performance about the story Battle of the Mountains. Some students wrote the script,
some students took on the job of making all the artwork, some worked hard on organising the music
and others took on the role of bringing the story alive with dance and drama.

Reflection:

For our production I contributed by...by painting the art background.

I think the show might impact on others by...the loud singing we do.

What I learned about working with others was..I learned to say my ideas out loud.

Reading Evidence

In reading I have been wondering….

How can I deepen my understanding of what I have read
through applying my own ideas to the story.

I read the story….. Maui slowed the sun

It was about…..one day Maui and his brother got some flax and
make them into ropes because there were going go to the sun
to slow it  because people was

Saying the days go to quick so they got the flax and went to the
sun and as the sun got up Maui got his jawbone and hit the sun
until the sun got tired and then

Sun got slower so the days were longer

We then had to create a contraption to help Maui slowed the sun

This was my idea….

I chose to do this because…. I did it because machines are strong and that will hold the sun